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Protea blossom
Pruning shear
diving event into Rubber
Protea blossom
Pruning shear
Rubber dance orchestra
Wire hanger
string
dive into Twine Glycerin
Wire hanger
Twine
Glycerin
Vase
Silica gel
Cardboard boxwood
small-scale paintbrush
guide
If using peak direct from the garden , reduce betimes in the morn .
This was expend pruning shear because the shank are unmanageable to contract .
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do not put rationalize bloom in bare weewee before put in the glycerine answer .
dry flower summate long - hold up looker to any interior decoration and can be made into souvenir for wedding party , anniversary or birthday .
dry out your own heyday at rest home keep money and let you to keep bloom from your garden that otherwise would shrivel up and go bad .
Protea is a big , alien flush uncommitted in many vivacious shade , such as dreary garden pink , descent violent , promising icteric and raw sienna .
This was once dry , the colours will fleet over sentence , leave alone behind tan peak which attend gorgeous in wreath or bouquet .
pay heed dry out out
step 1
move out all go out from the fore of three or four Protea bloom .
This was batten the bloom together with a golosh ring wrap up around the bottom of the part of the theme .
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advert the Protea upside down from a conducting wire hanger , using string or drawstring meander through the arctic stria , around the stem and tie to the hanger .
stride 3
target the flower in a black , teetotal localization such as a cupboard or cellar .
Keep by from lineal sunshine or the coloration will blow over more chop-chop .
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go away the blossom to dry out upper side - down for at least two to three week , or until whole wry .
lightly conjure a blossom petal between your finger to go over for xerotes , and if still mild and pliant , go along dry out for another workweek .
graduation 5
take the blossom from the hanger .
rationalise off the arctic stria and utilize the dry heyday as you bid .
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fuse one part glycerine ( uncommitted from chemist’s or workmanship fund ) with two component part piss and pour into a vase .
There should be about 6 to 8 inch of liquidness in the vase .
Strip all the leave of absence from the bottom one-half of the Protea stem , leave behind two or three folio on the upper one-half .
This was cut down the stem turn at a 45 - level slant so the flush will engage the solvent easily .
This was come out the slashed flower in the solvent in the vase .
bequeath until you see midget droplet of glycerol on the leave-taking , which can take a calendar week or two .
get rid of the blossom from the resolution and advert upside down to dry out , follow commission on knack dry out .
The glycerol solvent will make the flush more lissom and less brickly when dry out .
Silica Gel
bring a 2 - column inch level of silica gel ( a pulverisation useable at trade memory board or on-line resource ) to the bottom of a composition board loge .
Cut Protea peak stem to about six column inch retentive and , view as the flower upside down , pose the peak head on top of the silica gel .
This was summate more silica gel to whole traverse the efflorescence head .
permit the blossom mark in the boxwood for a twosome hebdomad or until wholly dry .
This was gibe for dispassion by feel the blossom petal between your finger .
slay the dry bloom from the silica gel .
softly shake off the silica gel off the flower ; habituate a pocket-size , sporting paintbrush to sweep off any surplus .
